Cyprus

News & Analysis

UK Penalises White-Label Firms Over AML, Safer Gambling Failings

Two white-label gambling companies, which each operate more than 200 websites for other companies, have been assessed more than £700,000 for failings in anti-money laundering (AML) and safer gambling policies.

News In Brief: April 11-April 15, 2022

U.S. regulators step in to block a metaverse NFT casino, Buenos Aires Province to allow debit card gambling and Macau draft puts further pressure on junkets.

Cyprus Rebounding From COVID-19, Says Betting Authority

Gambling in Cyprus has “quite quickly” recovered to pre-COVID levels, according to the latest figures released by the National Betting Authority and the country’s only licensed casino operator, Melco.

News In Brief: March 14-March 18, 2022

The UK government is to scrutinise Allywn's lottery victory, Swedish pandemic measures of uncertain effectiveness and Ontario's regulator issues a reminder.

News In Brief: March 7-March 11, 2022

Tennessee adds three new operators and Philippines inquiry launched over cockfighting abductions.

Research & Reports

Market Insight: European Online Gambling

This in-depth report provides insight into the size, structure and growth of 32 European online gambling markets, containing analysis, updated as new information becomes available, sector themes and key market developments bringing stakeholders opportunities, challenges, tailwinds and headwinds.

Interactive Map: Gambling Advertising Across Europe

Advertising is one of the most hotly discussed topics in the European gambling industry. In this map, VIXIO GamblingCompliance shows the current situation regarding gambling advertising in all jurisdictions. The map highlights the differences among the countries that allow, partially prohibit or forbid gambling advertising.

Market Insight: European Lotteries

This in-depth report provides insight into the size, structure and growth of 30 European lottery markets, containing analysis, updated as new information becomes available, of sector themes and key jurisdictional and lottery-level developments including growth trends by game category and channel shift towards online sales.

Market Insight — Cyprus

Regulated Cypriot land-based and online betting revenue grew by 27 percent in 2018 to €89.2m, while the country’s first casino, the City of Dreams Mediterranean resort, is due to open in 2021.

Cyprus: Securities and Exchange Commission Consults on Proposals to Bring Crypto Asset Activities Under National AML Legal Framework

On February 19, 2019, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) launched a consultation seeking feedback on the proposed amendments to the Prevention and Suppression of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Law of 2007 (L. 188(I)/2007). Taking into consideration many queries received from market participants, the proposals aim to bring crypto asset activities under the ambit of the AML framework, transposing at the same time the provisions of the 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5th AMLD) into the national legal order.

Data & Forecasts

Allwyn International Report - 2001 to 2022Q1

Latest quarterly data from Czech-headquartered Allwyn International (formerly SAZKA Group). The data released for the operator contains the following information: Gross gaming revenue by market and product line, gaming taxes, net gaming revenue, operating expenses and operating EBITDA by market. There are approximately 860 data points in this document.

Market Monitor: European Online Gambling

This quarterly report contains a comprehensive overview of available data on the €20bn+ European online gambling sector. Jurisdictional market size figures and year-on-year growth rates are supplemented by an interactive dashboard and standardised, comparable data on betting-gaming splits and online penetration rates.

OPAP Report - 2001Q1 to 2022Q1

Latest quarterly data from Greek-listed OPAP. The data released for the operator contains the following information: Group income statement, net revenues by game category and number of installed VLTs by location. There are approximately 4,645 data points in this document.

Cyprus - Quarterly Betting Report - 2015 to 2021

Latest Quarterly Betting Report data from the Cyprus National Betting Authority (NBA). The data released for the country contains the following information: Number of licensees, turnover, gross gaming revenue, gross win margin & tax revenue from retail and online betting, licensed betting locations by district and number of blacklisted websites. There are approximately 700 data points in this document.

Market Monitor: World Lottery Association Compendium

This report contains around 40,000 data points across over 150 lotteries and 85 countries, as collated annually by the World Lottery Association. The dataset displays total sales, GGR, digital sales & digital GGR by product category in horizontal time series and filterable table views.